Facilities

The Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) is located in the Geelong Technology Precinct at Deakin University's Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. It houses some of the most modern and sophisticated equipment in the world.

Discover new worlds

The IFM has a wide range of extensively equipped and specialised laboratories in the areas of metals, composites, polymers, textiles and biomedical research – each with state-of-the-art equipment that enables our staff and students to undertake world-class research.

Discover just some of the state of the art equipment and laboratories housed at IFM at the Melbourne Burwood Campus with Professor Maria Forsyth, Dr Patrick Howlett, Dr Jenny Pringle and Dr George Green.

Deakin Advanced Characterisation Facility

One of Australia's premier collections of advanced characterisation instruments.

BatTRI-Hub

The Battery Technology Research and Innovation Hub (BatTRI-Hub) is a unique, world class research and innovation centre focused on advanced battery prototyping and the commercialisation of energy storage technologies.